After days of long lines, more Montreal test sites will be dating only

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Viau’s clinic at the Olympic Stadium has already made the switch, and public health officials have indicated that other sites will follow.

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Montreal Gazette

The wait for COVID tests was long at the Chauveau clinic in Montreal on December 21, 2021.
The wait for COVID tests was long at the Chauveau clinic in Montreal on December 21, 2021. Photo by Pierre Obendrauf /Montreal Gazette

With Montréal’s queuing for hours at some COVID-19 testing clinics this week, local public health authorities say several of the sites will change to offer only testing by appointment.

Sonia Bélanger, head of the regional health authority Center-Sud-de-l’Île-de-Montréal, said during a press conference Thursday that the change was being made because the facilities could not keep up with the number of people looking to get tested.

He cited the recent long lines at the Chauveau clinic on the eastern edge of Montreal and the Hôtel-Dieu test site downtown.

Bélanger urged Montréal residents to use rapid tests if they have them.

A Montreal police officer directs drivers to the COVID testing and vaccination center at the Olympic Stadium on December 21, 2021.
A Montreal police officer directs drivers to the COVID testing and vaccination center at the Olympic Stadium on December 21, 2021. Photo by Pierre Obendrauf /Montreal Gazette

As of Thursday, the Viau Clinic at the Olympic Stadium , which conducts road tests, will only provide screening to people with appointments.

“This decision is necessary due to the large number of people who have come to this clinic in recent days, which has created traffic and safety problems around the clinic,” said the Est-de-l ‘health authority. Île-de-Montréal in a press. break free.

Reference-montrealgazette.com

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